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IMG Tennis Continues To Land Top Talent, Adding 19-Year-Old Belinda Bencic

IMG Tennis has signed 19-year-old Belinda Bencic, who previously had been represented by Octagon. Bencic, who reached No. 7 in the world in '15, finished '16 ranked 43rd. She has been coached by Melanie Molitor, Martina Hingis’ mother, since the age of 7. Bencic is the latest IMG Tennis signing, which has had a flurry of them since WME bought the agency in '14. Players who have signed include Nick Kyrgios, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova, Jack Sock and Sloane Stephens. 

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